Avon, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4203648, place: Avon CDP, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 538 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 11 (2.04%)
Kindergarten: 15 (2.79%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 279 (51.86%)
High school (grades 9-12): 118 (21.93%)
College or graduate school: 115 (21.38%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,107 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 208 (9.87%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 373 (17.7%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 995 (47.22%)
Some college, no degree: 234 (11.11%)
Associate degree: 114 (5.41%)
Bachelor's degree: 140 (6.64%)
Graduate or professional degree: 43 (2.04%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,408 (100%)
Never married: 511 (21.22%)
Now married, except separated: 1,353 (56.19%)
Separated: 25 (1.04%)
Total Widowed: 252 (10.47%)
Widowed Female: 207 (8.6%)
Total Divorced: 267 (11.09%)
Divorced Female: 164 (6.81%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 45 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 23 (51.11%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,313 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 259 (11.2%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 506 (100%)
--With a disability: 44 (8.7%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,254 (100%)
--With a disability: 191 (15.23%)
----Percent employed: 67%
--No disability: 1,063 (84.77%)
----Percent employed: 86.5%
Population 65 years and over: 333 (100%)
--With a disability: 130 (39.04%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,744 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,316 (47.96%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,372 (50%)
--Same county: 1,006 (36.66%)
--Different county: 366 (13.34%)
----Same state: 157 (5.72%)
----Different state: 209 (7.62%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 56 (2.04%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,851 (100%)
Native: 2,780 (97.51%)
--Born in United States: 2,728 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,390 (83.83%)
----Different state: 338 (11.86%)
--Born outside United States: 52 (1.82%)
Foreign born: 71 (2.49%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 18 (0.63%)
--Naturalized citizen: 48 (1.68%)
--Not a citizen: 23 (0.81%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 71 (100%)
Europe: 21 (29.58%)
Asia: 44 (61.97%)
Africa: 6 (8.45%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,744 (100%)
English only: 2,486 (90.6%)
Language other than English: 258 (9.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 84 (3.06%)
--Spanish: 110 (4.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 38 (1.38%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 78 (2.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.26%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 64 (2.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (1.2%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,851 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,964% (103.96%)
Arab: 6 (0.21%)
Czech: 19 (0.67%)
Danish: 5 (0.18%)
Dutch: 9 (0.32%)
English: 219 (7.68%)
French (except Basque): 39 (1.37%)
French Canadian: 11 (0.39%)
German: 1,198 (42.02%)
Greek: 34 (1.19%)
Hungarian: 23 (0.81%)
Irish: 322 (11.29%)
Italian: 192 (6.73%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 9 (0.32%)
Polish: 20 (0.7%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 7 (0.25%)
Scotch-Irish: 39 (1.37%)
Scottish: 38 (1.33%)
Slovak: 49 (1.72%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 7 (0.25%)
Swiss: 18 (0.63%)
Ukrainian: 5 (0.18%)
United States or American: 286 (10.03%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 409 (14.35%)

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